Antioch Schools Choose Superintendent

Antioch -- Antioch school board members have narrowed their search for a new superintendent to one candidate and are expected to announce their choice Wednesday.

School board members in the Antioch Unified School District spent about eight hours yesterday interviewing two candidates.

They decided on one person, but they said they will not identify him until they visit his district Tuesday.

Acting Superintendent Dennis Goettsch is out of the running, board members said. Goettsch has served in the position since June, when the former chief, Alan Newell, resigned after being blamed for the district's financial troubles.

Also this week, board member Rebecca Knapp said she will resign January 1 after 13 years on the board.